advance fee

Example Sentences

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One could imagine a bettor making a credit card deposit, paying a $10 cash advance fee, and then placing a $10 bet at −110 odds.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2024

Purchase scams, along with advance fee fraud and fake delivery texts are the most common scams used by fraudsters.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2023

Peloton primarily has to worry about paying the PROs an agreed advance fee and providing the stream logs.

From Slate • Jul. 12, 2021

The defendants also operated a so-called advance fee scheme, making false promises to investors to induce them to pay fees for non-existent services to sell their illiquid penny stock shares, according to the indictment.

From Reuters • Aug. 13, 2013

He hastily signed a traveler's check for the advance fee, then the four hiked back to the hotel and got down to business.

From The Pirates of Shan by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)